Tianyi bao was established in Tokyo by Liu Shipei and He Zen in 1907.[1][2] The magazine featured articles written by a group of anarchists which is called the Tokyo anarchists, including Jing Meijiu.[3][4] In contrast to the westernized Chinese anarchists in Paris this group much more firmly criticized imperialism and Western culture[4] and supported feminism.[5] They also adopted the views of Peter Kropotkin concerning the fusion of agriculture and industry in social organization and of mental and manual labor.[5] The articles by He Zhen were mostly about her feminist project, and she argued that their goal was to destroy the old society and practice human equality.[4] She supported not only women's revolution, but also racial, political and economic revolutions in her writings.[4]
The magazine occasionally employed Esperanto, for instance, in the title of a photo of the French anarchist Élisée Reclus, and published the Esperanto anthem by L. L. Zamenhof.[3] Liu Shipei also published an article about Esperanto.[3]
Tianyi bao was banned by the Japanese authorities and ceased publication in 1908 immediately following the publication of a translation of the Communist Manifesto in January 1908.[3][6] It was succeeded by another anarchist publication entitled Hengbao.[2]
